SCHEDULE 3Savings and transitional arrangements
Approvals, licences and certificates3
1
Before any pilot licence (“Part-FCL licence”) which comes within the scope of paragraph 2 is used outside United Kingdom airspace on an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, it must be validated by the CAA.
2
The CAA must validate a Part-FCL licence under this paragraph, and must only do so, if—
a
it was issued in accordance with Commission Regulation 1178/2011; and
b
the licence-holder holds language proficiency in English of at least Level 4 on the Language Proficiency Rating Scale contained in Appendix 2 to Annex 1 (Part-FCL) to Commission Regulation 1178/2011.